Anyone in eastern OK or western AR getting any of that bad weather? Now they are talking about "property damging" hail here in Little Rock...........take cover and be safe!
We got a bunch of hail here in OKC. So much that a few cars actually got stuck in it on Broadway, no ****. Actual hail drifts 6" to 12" tall in North OKC. Yukon, West of OKC got some baseball sized we just got hit with dime and quarter sized but a lot of it. As far as tornadoes, we had some lowerings and rotation but nothing touched down until it p***ed over the city but nothing much. Batton down the hatches. -HL
Couldn't tell ya. The town's name is on a sign on my way out West to Sayre on ol' 152. Some how I doubt it's much more than 6 people and a dog. I'm here in OKC but like small Oklahoma town names an' change my local as the mood strikes. -HL
I saw a "traditional" tornado once.... it was flat black with round red oklahoma mud stained cows floating 'round in it!!!!!!! HC
This seems appropiate now: A little taste of Oklahoma Living For those of you who aren't familiar with tornadoes and are hearing news coverage of this, I put together a short glossary to help you understand. Fujita Scale: Scale used to measure wind speeds of a tornado and their severity. F1: Laughable little string of wind unless it comes through your house, then enough to make your insurance company drop you like a brick. People enjoy standing on their porches to watch this kind. F2: Strong enough to blow your car into your house, unless of course you drive a Cadillac and live in a mobile home, then strong enough to blow your house into your car. F3: Will pick your house and your Cadillac up and move you to the other side of town. F4: Usually ranging from 1/2 to a full mile wide, this tornado can turn a Cadillac into a Pinto, then gift wrap it in a semi truck. F5: The Mother of all Tornadoes, you might as well stand on your front porch and watch it, because it's probably going to be quite a last sight. Meteorologist: A rather soft-spoken, mild-mannered type person until severe weather strikes, and they start yelling at you through the TV: "GET TO YOUR BATHROOM OR YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!" Storm Chaser: Meteorologist-rejects who are pretty much insane but get us really cool pictures of tornadoes. We release them from the mental ins***ution every time it starts thundering, just to see what they'll do. Tranquilizer: What you have to give any dog or cat who lived through the May 3rd, 1999 tornado every time it storms or they tear your whole house up freaking out of their minds. Moore, Oklahoma: A favorite gathering place for tornadoes. They like to meet here and do a little partying before stretching out across the rest of the Midwest. Bathtub: Best place to seek shelter in the middle of a tornado, mostly because after you're covered with debris, you can quickly wash off and come out looking great. Severe Weather Radio: A handy device that sends out messages from The National Weather Service during a storm, though quite disconcerting because the high pitched, shrill noise just as an alarm sounds su****iously just like a tornado. Plus the guy reading the report just sounds creepy. Tornado Siren: A system the city spent millions to install, which is really useful, unless there's a storm or a tornado, because then of course you can't hear them. Storm Cellar: A great place to go during a tornado, as it is almost 100% safe though weigh your options carefully, as most are not cared for and are homes to rats and snakes. May-June: Tourist season in Oklahoma, when people who are tired of bungee jumping and diving out of airplanes decide it might be fun to chase a tornado. These people usually end up on Fear Factor. Barometric Pressure: Nobody really knows what this is, but when it drops a lot of pregnant women go into labor, which makes for exciting moments as their husbands are trying to drive them to the hospital and dodge tornadoes at the same time. Cars: The worst place to be during a tornado (next to a mobile home). Yes, you can out run a tornado in your car...unless everybody on the road decides to do the same thing, and then you're in grid lock. A Ditch: Supposedly where you're supposed to go if you find yourself without shelter or in your car during a tornado. Theoretically the tornado is supposed to p*** right over you, but since it can lift a 20 ton truck and up root a three hundred year old tree, I'd bet my life on out-running it in a car. Mobile Home: Most people are convinced mobile homes send off some strange signal that triggers tornadoes, because if there's one mobile home park in a hundred mile radius, the tornado will find it. Earthquake: What any Californian would rather go through on any scale of severity than face a tornado. Tornado: What any Oklahoman would rather go through on any scale of severity than face an earthquake. Twister: Slang for 'tornado' and also the ***le to a movie starring Helen Hunt, which incidentally everyone thought was corny and unrealistic until May 3rd, 1999.
we get them big tornadoes down here in Jarrell...Had a big *** one a few years ago-completely wiped out one whole side of our little bitty town.....
We lost a town up here in Wisconsin to a tornado that hit at night..., Barneveld! Freeky looking the day after...! Many people parished!!!
Yeah, the first one we had was in the middle of the night..One person killed..The one we are "famous" for was in 97- it was a big ****ing F-5 that killed alot of people in the middle of the day.....
I had an ominous looking wall cloud p*** about 1/2 a mile west of the house. From my judgement, it looked like went right over hardluck's house/salvage yard! Nice homestead pic, Kev.
I was at Barneveld the day after. It was probably the singular most changing thing I have ever seen. One reason why I no longer live in Wisconsin.
Yep, we get more than our share, 54 a year on ave with 145 being the most in '99. Here's what happened 5/3/99 TORNADOES: 70+ in the region DEATHS: At least 44 in Okla. INJURIES: 748 in Okla. PROPERTY DAMAGE: More than 10,500 homes and 47 businesses destroyed in Okla at a cost of over $1 Billion. ...but try to keep a sense of humor about it. -HL
JK It did, they even said so on the radio I was listening to at work. We went out side to watch, spooky as usual. -HL
We really got some goo hail here near NW 63rd and Cl***en. But not as bad as Jones Ok did. I went to an investigation there at 5:30pm and the hail was piled up like snow about 4" on the road. It was s****ign the bottom of the state car (Ford Tauras) It was real weird, the hail was giving off lots of fog from the heat on the ground.
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